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3. Technical data
Motor-generator unit:
2-stage pulley:
Working piston:
Path of working piston:
Volumetric change:
24 mm
Minimum volume:
Maximum volume:
Power of the
Stirling motor:
Dimensions:
Weight:
4. Functioning principle
An ideal Stirling cycle has 4 phases (refer to Fig. 1):
Phase 1: Isothermal change of state, during which
the air expands at constant temperature.
Phase 2: Isochoric change of state, during which
the air cools at constant volume in the re-
generator.
Phase 3: Isothermal change of state, during which
the air is compressed at constant tempera-
ture.
Phase 4: Isochoric change of state, during which
the air in the regenerator is heated back to
its initial temperature.
However, the Stirling motor is not capable of
achieving this ideal behaviour. The phase shifts
between the working piston and displacement
piston only allow an approximation of the ideal
process, the 4 different phases exhibiting a certain
degree of overlap: Already during expansion, the
gas temperature changes from hot to cold, and
when compression begins, some of the air has not
yet reached the cold part of the motor.
5. Operation
5.1 The Stirling Engine as a heat engine
•
Fill the methylated-spirit burner, place it in the
recess in the base-plate, twist out about 1-2
mm of the wick, and ignite it.
•
Move the displacer piston to its farthest-back
position, and after a short heating-up time
(about 1-2 minutes) push the flywheel gently in
the clockwise direction (as seen from the mo-
tor-generator unit) to set it turning (see Fig. 2).
•
If necessary, adjust the tension of the drive belt
by moving the motor-generator unit.
max. 12 V DC
30 mm dia., 19 mm dia.
25 mm dia.
24 mm
⎛
⎞
25
mm
π ⋅
=
⎜
⎟
12
cm
⎝
⎠
2
32 cm³
44 cm³
1 W approx.
300x220x160 mm³ ap-
prox.
1.65 kg approx.
•
Turn on the filament lamp by moving the
switch to the "up" position.
•
Alternatively, connect an external load through
the 4 mm sockets and drive it by moving the
switch to the "down" position.
Speed without a load:
Speed with a generator
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as the load:
Generator voltage:
Pressure difference:
5.2 The Stirling motor as a heat pump or refrig-
erator
Additional instruments needed:
DC Power supply 15 V, 1.5 A
or
DC Power supply 15 V, 1.5 A
Digital thermometer
•
Insert temperature sensors into the thermome-
ter sockets and connect them to a measuring
instrument (see fig. 3).
•
Connect a DC voltage source through the 4 mm
sockets.
•
Adjust the voltage (maximum 12 V) and oper-
ate the Stirling engine with the switch in the
"down" position.
•
Observe the increase or reduction in tempera-
ture.
In the refrigerator mode of operation, the flywheeI
rotates in the clockwise direction (as seen from the
motor-generator unit), whereas in the heat pump
mode it rotates in the anticlockwise direction.
•
To switch between the two modes of operation,
reverse the polarity of the connections.
Pressure difference:
Motor voltage:
Speed:
Temperature difference (with respect to 21° C):
Refrigerator:
Heat pump:
5.3 Recording the operating pressure on the
work piston
Additional instruments needed:
TM
3B NETlog
TM
3B NETlab
Relative pressure sensor, ±1000 hPa
•
Connect a pressure hoses between the "posi-
tive" hose connector of the sensor box and the
hose connector on the work cylinder (see fig.
4).
•
Connect the pressure sensor to the 3B NETlog
•
Start the program software and carry out the
measurements.
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1000 rpm approx.
650 rpm approx.
6 V DC approx.
+250 hPa / -150 hPa
U8521121-115
U8521121-115
U11818
+250 hPa / -150 hPa
9 V
600 rpm
-4 K (reservoir: +6 K)
+13 K (reservoir: -1 K)
U11300
U11310
U11322
TM
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